Definition of: voluntarism

(vol′ən·tə·riz′əm) noun
1. The theory that will is the ultimate principle or constituent of reality, both in experience and development of the individual, and in the constitution and evolution of the universe.
2. The theory that will is the fundamental psychic factor. Compare VITALISM.
—vol′un·ta·rist noun
—vol′un·ta·ris′tic adjective